How many of these Canadian album covers do you recognize?

Canadians produced some of our all-time favourite albums in the 2000s. How well do you know them to see them?

The 2000s were arguably—maybe indisputably—a breakthrough decade for Canadian music. Regional scenes not only received plenty of attention stateside, but earned international recognition: Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, and New Pornographers put the spotlight on their respective city-scenes. Two of the biggest labels in Canadian music, Arts and Crafts and Dine Alone, rose to prominence in the ’00s. Canadian hip-hop earned international recognition thanks to the likes of Kardinal, Swollen Members, and K-Os. Electro rose and ebbed and left still-sizzling electronic scenes throughout the country, and among their stars were MSTRKRFT and Chromeo, who are still international stars. Not too shabby, eh?

Indeed, the aughts treated Canadian music well, and plenty of northerners produced some of our all-time favourite albums. We’ve compiled and cropped a selection of them above—and we’re issuing a challenge. How many of them can you name? If you can rattle off more than 10, much respect. Rattle off 20, and you’re likely in the top percentile. Manage to get 30? We bow down to you, oh founding member of Broken Social Scene. Have fun, and drop your answers in the comments.